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Nov. 20, 1934. A. A. BUREAU REEL Original Filed June 26, 1928 mven/o A/vflu/A Bureau 9 my Patented Nov. 20, 1934 I v 1,981,139

UNITED STATES PATENroFnce REEL Arthur Alfred Bureau, Chicago, 'Ill., assignor to Western Electric Company, Incorporated, New York, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application June 26, 1928, Serial No. 288,386 Renewed October 26, 1933 3 Claims. (Cl. 242-77) This invention relates to reels, and more parto establish a firm bond, and the welding may be ticularly to metallic reels for holding cable or accomplished by any of the methods well known other heavy material susceptible to being wound to the art, such as the metallic arc process. thereon, The central portions of the heads are held in 5 The primary object of the invention is to pro- 2. fixed spaced relationship by a cylindrical spacer 60 vide a reel which is of simple and rigid construcand hubs secured thereto. A cylindrical. spacer tion, economical to manufacture and durable in 15 extends between apertures 16 central of the service. heads 6 and has secured to the ends thereof hubs In accordance with the above object, the in- 1'1 abutting against the central outersurfaces of vention contemplates a reel comprising a drum the heads 6, the hubs being held in this position by 65 having angle members secured at each end therelong bolts 18 extending therebetween. T" of for securing the heads thereto. In the pre- The circumferential portions of the heads may ferred embodiment of the invention, an angle be provided with outwardly turned "flanges 22 I s f member formed into a ring is welded to the drum braced by plates 23, and lags 24 may be secured at each end thereof and is secured to the heads to the flanges 22 by bands 25 for retaining ma- 7 by means of bolts or the like. terial 26 Wound on the reel.

A clear understanding of the inventive struc- In assembling the reel the drum with the ring.- ture may be had from the following description shaped angles 9 welded tojthe ends thereof in taken in connection with the accompanying drawthe manner described is placed between-theheads 20 ing, wherein, 6 with apertures-30 in the flange portion of the Fig. 1 is an end view of a reel embodying the angle 9 in alignment with corresponding apere features of the invention; tures in the heads 6, and bolts 31 and 32 are Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional view of the. reel inserted within said apertures and tightened for taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1, showing a supply of securing the heads to the angle flanges of the 25 cable wound thereon; drum. In order to permit the installation of the Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the drum with a bolts 31 hand holes 33 are provided in the heads I ring-shaped angle member secured at each end adjacent to the inner surface of the drum so that thereof in accordance with the preferred form of a workmans hand may be inserted therein. The the invention, and, spacer 15 is inserted within the central apertures 30 Fig. 4isanenlarged fragmentary sectional view 16, the hubs 1'7 are placed within the spacer, 8 showing the preferred method of securing the and bolts 18 are inserted within apertures in the angle member to the drum and heads of the reel. hubs and tightened to secure the central por- Referring now to the drawing wherein like tions of the heads in fixed relationship. numerals designate similar parts throughout the After the joining of the spacer and drum to several views, a steel drum 5 is secured between the heads as described, the material 26 may be two heads 6 in the manner shown by Fig. 2, the wound on the reel and the lags 24 secured drum itself and co-operating flanges being shown thereto for retaining the wound material in place. in Fig. 3, and the details for fastening the drum to An aperture 34 may be provided in one head, and a head are disclosed by Fig. 4. adjacent to the outer surface of the drum for 40 The heads 6 are preferably made of sheet steel the purpose of receiving and securing the inner with alternate short and long radial ribs 7 and 8, end of the material. I (Fig. 1) pressed therein for the purpose of stiflen- The welding of the ring-shaped angles to the ing the metal. The steel drum 5 is secured to ends of the drum for providing flanges therefor the heads by means of circular angle members 9 affords a simple and efiicient means for securing 45 which are preferably welded to the inner surfaces the drum to the heads, but it is of course to be of the drum adjacent the ends thereof and con- ,.understood that the invention is not limited to nected to the heads by bolts. v the specific embodiment described, but is re- The securing of the angles to the drum provides stricted only by the scope of the appended claims. a convenient way of hanging the ends and at the What is claimed is:

50 same time strengthens the drum. The angles 1. Acable reel comprising spaced metallic heads may consist of a number of similar sections, but jhaving axial apertures therein, a metallic drum are preferably shaped into rings which are welded positioned between the heads, a pair of continuous to the periphery of each end of the drum. The annular supporting members secured to a surface welding is preferably done on two edges 10 and of the drum adjacent its ends and secured di 55 11 of the angle, as illustrated'in Fig. 4, in order rectly to the heads, and a tubular hub member i a v 2 n 1,981,189 extending between said apertures and having out-' 3. A cable reel comprising spaced heads'havinz; wardly extending flanges securedtothe heads. axial apertures therein, a drum positioned be- 2. Acable reel comprisingspaced metallic heads tween the heads, a pair of annular supporting" having axial. apertures therein, a' metallic drum members secured to a surface 01' the drumxadja- 5-positioned between the heads;continuous'annular cent its ends and secured directly'tothe heads,"

supporting members secured toa-surl'acevot the andsa tubular hub member extending between drum adjac nt its en s and ol d t0 he'--heads, said apertures and having outwardly extending a tubular hub member'extendinglibetweensaid: flanges secured'tothe heads: aperturesand terminating inoutwardly' turned I 10 flangesv contactingwith'the heads, and through T ARTHUR ALFRED BUREAU.

bolts securing said flanges to the heads;

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